Legal Issues Delay Project To Improve Streets Near Lake

October 17, 1995|By KIM GIRARD; Courant Correspondent

ELLINGTON — Residents along Lakeview Avenue and Pine, Cedar and Elm streets will have to wait until next year for rebuilt roads.

The town received nearly $500,000 in grant money to complete the rebuilding project, which town officials thought would be done this summer. However, getting all the residents to agree to the project is taking longer than expected.

The majority of the 55 residents affected by the project support it, said First Selectman Donald Weekes. The roads are difficult to pass in winter for residents, rescue crews and snowplow drivers, he said. For years, residents have asked for wider and improved roads.

However, legal issues involving three residents opposing the project must be settled before it can move forward, Weekes said.

The three residents have not signed documents needed for the town to use some frontage along their lots. If necessary, Weekes said, the town may move for condemnation and agree to pay the residents any fee determined by the court.